Shop Now. Dana Scott November 9, Share on facebook Facebook. Share on pinterest Pinterest. Share on twitter Twitter. Share on linkedin LinkedIn. Share on email Email. Share on print Print. Post At A Glance. Is your puppy going through a biting stage? Those little teeth can HURT!
We call this a time-out. There are several ways to give time-outs to your biting puppy: Take The Puppy Away From The Fun Immediately escort your puppy to his crate or safe area. Release him after the allotted time and carry on. If he does it again, simply repeat the time-out!
Make sure there are no toys in the crate. One difficulty with this method is your puppy might see your leaving as a chase game! Tether him to a doorknob or stable piece of furniture. The tether should only be about 3 feet long. Sit with your puppy and either play with a toy or cuddle. Go about your business as usual. Be prepared to give many, many time-outs the first day you institute your new rule. If your dog is a leash-chewer, try spraying the leash with Bitter Apple once a day for a few days.
As you celebrate your discipline and consistency in giving your dog a time-out each and every time she jumps up, make sure you also give her an alternative. Teach her the right way to say hello and get your attention.
Be on the look-out for any appropriate greetings so you can reward them when they happen. What constitutes an appropriate greeting is up to you. You might be happy with a dog that approaches you with all four paws on the floor, and choose to reward that behavior.
Then, rather than going back to whatever it was you were doing that triggered the sleeve attack, redirect your puppy to an appropriate toy instead. Time-outs have a proper place and time. Not every situation can be solved with a time-out scenario.
Here is a rundown of a few effective and ineffective uses for the time-out. If implemented properly, time-outs should not be harmful to your pooch. However, they can be harmful if they are used to punish a puppy , or if they are used incorrectly. For her, biting is fun , not wrong.
And dogs do what is inherently rewarding for them. Time-outs can work for any dog of any age. This includes those scenarios when you are using the time-out as a preventative tool, as well as when you want to teach your older doggo to stop what they are doing by removing your attention the reward. Once she is calm and has all paws on the floor, shower her with the attention she so desperately wants. She will soon learn that jumping up means you become boring, while staying on the floor means love and attention.
Just be sure that you implement time-outs consistently. In order to be successful, you, and all other household members, must employ the technique each and every time she displays an undesirable behavior. Time-outs can be useful when correctly executed. Use your time-outs to prevent any undesired behaviors before they become problematic and shape good habits from the start. Do you use time-outs with your four-footer? How have they worked for you? What is your favorite place to let your pup chill out when she starts to get wild?
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She lives in Christchurch, New Zealand with her husband and their dog, Juno. Thank you for the article. Continue shopping. Close search. Choose a location that your dog will find boring - neither scary nor wonderful and is safely puppy-proofed.
Possible spaces are a tether, gated pantry, spare room, or bathroom. Decide exactly what misbehavior you will be timing your dog out for. Let other family members know how to follow your plan. If the TO is applied inconsistently, it will take much longer to work. Do your best to set up the situation so that your dog is fairly likely to succeed and is not just getting frustratingly timed out over and over again.
When your dog misbehaves, give him a warning by calmly saying something like "enough". If your dog stops what he was doing, let him know he did the right thing by saying something like "thank you". If he continues to misbehave , calmly say something like "time out".
Repeat "time out" every few seconds as you go to him.
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